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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Declare War! [View all]Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)27. How much of that military spending is due to the lifetime healthcare/pensions for
those vets who were severely injured and their dependents during Bush's wars? Or does that show up somewhere else that isn't so noticeable?
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I'm from that era too. The Vietnam protests did eventually help stop the war, but now
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#5
That's just CRIMINAL! And Congress just voted to take Social security disability benefits away from
in_cog_ni_to
Oct 2015
#3
Discretionary spending vs. total federal spending. Of course SS & Medicare are not
Kip Humphrey
Oct 2015
#13
We could cut enough fraud, waste and abuse from the Pentagon budget w/o compromising
Dustlawyer
Oct 2015
#26
If we can't afford to educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...
Scuba
Oct 2015
#17
Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen
cantbeserious
Oct 2015
#23
How much of that military spending is due to the lifetime healthcare/pensions for
Frustratedlady
Oct 2015
#27
Figures. Once they are no longer of use, they are disposable for accounting purposes.
Frustratedlady
Oct 2015
#31
And we have the war going on in the USA, gun violence has killed more Americans than was killed
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#35
The crosshairs the TP was pushing some time back should be put on every congressional member who
Thinkingabout
Oct 2015
#37